(CNN) — The House of Representatives voted early Saturday morning to approve President Joe Biden’s $1. 9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward enacting the first legislative priority of the new administration as the devastating fallout from the spread of Covid-19 has left Americans in dire need of further relief. The final vote
Continue ReadingThe $1.9 trillion coronavirus package passed by the House of Representatives contains a wide range of proposals to help Americans still struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic. The legislation, which largely mirrors the relief proposal outlined in January by President Joe Biden, provides another round of direct payments, as well as additional assistance
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The major order of business for President Joe Biden and Congress is to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief package before the round of unemployment benefits and other aid approved in December lapse, again leaving millions of Americans short of help. What’s riding on this negotiation is the $1,400 stimulus checks proposed by Biden even
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Even with a third vaccine nearing authorization and a rise in vaccination rates, officials say another devastating Covid-19 spike could be on the horizon depending on what the United States does next. “The question that hangs in the balance right now is, will we have a fourth surge?” Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of
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How many more weeks of winter? Sounds like it’s the right time for a bowl — no, make that a cauldron — of soup. “People get so excited about soup,” said Caroline Wright, author of the forthcoming cookbook “Soup Club” and founder of a Seattle-based weekly community soup club. “Soup is more than a food,
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The city is pushing to combat it The stabbing of a 36-year-old man on Thursday is the latest in a number of attacks in New York City against people of Asian descent, a surge that has sparked a call for action from advocacy groups. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city’s Office for
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A restaurant owner in Texas is offering free meals to people in need, no questions asked. It is the second time the restaurant has made this offering during the pandemic. Vira Chudasma, owner of Italian restaurant La Riv in Temple, Texas, said that when people started hoarding groceries at the start of the pandemic, she
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A man accused of stabbing a 36-year-old Asian man Thursday evening outside the federal courthouse in Chinatown, New York City, will be charged with attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime, according to NYPD Detective Arlene Muniz. Police say the Asian man was walking on the sidewalk at around 6:20 p.m. when
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(CNN) — A pesar de haber prometido castigar a los principales líderes saudíes durante la campaña electoral, el presidente Joe Biden se negó a aplicar sanciones a quien la comunidad de inteligencia estadounidense determinó que es responsable de la muerte del periodista Jamal Khashoggi: el príncipe heredero Mohammed bin Salman. La decisión de no castigar
Continue Reading When a delivery driver’s car began sliding down on an icy Texas driveway, the driver closed her eyes, praying she wouldn’t hit the client’s home. She didn’t hit the house but Chelsea Timmons’ car crushed a flower bed outside an Austin, Texas, home as a snowstorm paralyzed the state last Sunday. She didn’t know it
Continue Reading A New Jersey plumber who wanted to help Texans dealing with burst pipes and other damage after last week’s winter storms drove to Houston with a truck full of tools and got to work. Andrew Mitchell and his wife, Kisha Pinnock, decided to make the 22-hour drive from Morristown with their 2-year-old son Blake after
Continue Reading (CNN) — El informe de inteligencia de Estados Unidos sobre el asesinato del periodista Jamal Khashoggi dice que el responsable de la operación fue el príncipe heredero de Arabia Saudita, Mohammad bin Salman, y dijo que él mismo la aprobó para capturar o matar a Khashoggi. “Evaluamos que el príncipe heredero de Arabia Saudita Muhammad
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Los perros bulldog franceses de la cantante Lady Gaga, robados tras un brutal ataque al paseador de perros de la artista en Hollywood este miércoles, fueron encontrados el viernes, según Stacy Spell, capitán del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles. Los animales fueron devueltos ilesos a las 6 p.m., hora del Pacífico, a
Continue Reading The health director in Tennessee’s largest county resigned Friday after the state health department found that 2,500 Covid-19 vaccine were either wasted or expired and two children were “inappropriately vaccinated” at a county vaccination site. A total of 2,500 doses were either expired or wasted in Shelby County over a 20-day period from February 3
Continue Reading (CNN) –– A un año de vivir bajo el peso de la pandemia de covid-19, parece que por fin las tendencias han cambiado a una dirección positiva. Los casos nuevos, las hospitalizaciones y las muertes disminuyen rápidamente, mientras aumenta el suministro de vacunas disponibles. Estados Unidos podría ir bien encaminado hacia la inmunidad de rebaño.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio de Cultura de República Dominicana inauguró este viernes un mural en homenaje al legendario músico dominicano Johnny Pacheco. La obra de arte proyecta la trayectoria del artista de la música tropical. El mural está ubicado en la Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, junto a la Biblioteca Nacional Pedro
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Un ciudadano de Colombia figura entre los muertos en los amotinamientos en las cárceles de Ecuador registrados el martes. Así lo informó el embajador de Colombia en Ecuador, Manuel Enriques Rosero, en entrevista este viernes con el medio colombiano BluRadio. El diplomático indicó que por el momento desconocen de qué localidad era
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Pese a que el estado de Sonora propuso cambiar el semáforo epidemiologico a color amarillo, el ayuntamiento de la ciudad en conjunto con el comité de salud optaron por continuar en semáforo naranja.
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IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY), Hundreds were vaccinated at Imperial County’s first mass vaccine clinic for the food and agriculture sector on Friday. The clinic is one many have been waiting for even before the vaccine touched ground in the states. The nation’s farm workers have worked endlessly throughout the pandemic and have been labeled by
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MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – COVID-19 cases in Baja California continue to remain low prompting Mexican health officials to give the green light to re-open this weekend to specific gathering and entertainment venues. These include cemeteries, pool halls, circuses, and carnivals as well as sports venues. One of those venues is Mexicali’s zoo better know as
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